SNAPSHOT

26 01 2009

Lisa

Lisa was born on the 30 March 2008 and is two weeks older than Ethan, but was about half his weight. She was born at a public hospital, one day her mother told a nurse on duty that she was going downstairs to buy some cotton wool and never returned. Her mother gave a false names and address to the hospital, so the police were never able to trace her. Lisa is a beautiful baby and her long eyelashes are the first thing everyone mentions.

 

Lisa is very close to sitting up by herself and is very good at moving around and getting to where she wants to go by rolling. She is having a few skin problems and she has light patchy skin on her face to counteract this they have stopped using baby soap on her and are using a soap alternative and aqueous cream. In October Lisa was 6.4kg.


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SNAPSHOT

24 01 2009

Ethan

Ethan was born on Wednesday 16 April 2008 and weighed 3.2kg.  His mother is very young and is part of the YFC crisis pregnancy center. The girl’s family was very uncertain about whether or not she could keep her baby; they at first said no, then changed their minds and said that she could keep the baby and then just before he was born they decided that it would be best for her (being only 13) and best for the baby for her not to keep him.  He was born with heaps of hair, chubby lips and he is a very beautiful boy.

 

Ethan needed an operation for a belly button hernia and has recovered quite well.  Ethan is now 9 months old and is sitting very will on his own and is always very happy and ready for a BIG laugh.

 


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SNAPSHOT

21 01 2009

David

David was born on the 29 November 2007. He is from a homestead about 20km out of Esigoudini (about an hour drive from Bulawayo). His Mother was only 16 years of age and passed away (from HIV)about 2 weeks before he was brought into the Sandra Jones home, which was the 8 Feb 08. David was very malnourished and dehydrated; when he was brought in he weighed only 1.6kg. David was on Isomilk which is a soy based formula, as it has more nutrients than regular formula.

 

David has got 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom and loves to show them off. He is making heaps of noises now and tries to talk to you (in gibberish of course). He is always happy and ready with a smile and loves to be tickled around the middle. He is still not sitting by himself yet, but is getting closer by the day. One side of his body seems to develop slower than the other, so sitting and not falling over is a bit of a challenge. He does not seem mentally delayed at all, just seems to be a physical problem. In October 2008 David weighed 9.4kg.


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Snapshot

18 01 2009

Calvin

Calvin was born on the 2 January 2008 in a squatters camp in a rural town called Cabatsha. His mother passed away (from HIV) about 2 weeks before he was brought into the Sandra Jones home, which was the 6 Feb 08.  His father is over 60 years of age and could not look after him properly. Calvin was being fed on cow’s milk, which was not doing him any good. When he was brought in to the home he was about 1 month old and only weighed about 2.2kg.

 

Calvin in spoilt by the house mothers and loves to be held and cuddled.  He is sitting very well now and when he smiles you can just start to see his teeth poked though … he is very cute with his little dimples.  In October Calvin weighed 9.1kg.


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Snapshot

5 01 2009

Bonnie

Bonnie is around 4 years old. She and her older sister (7 years old) were brought in by their mother early in 2008.  Bonnie’s mother works as a maid on a rural property just out from Bulawayo and her father worked as a farm hand on the same property.  Bonnie’s mother was not allowed to keep the children up in the main house where she worked so the father looked after them in the workers cottages further down the property.  The mother found out that the father was sexually abusing the girls and had him arrested and put into jail.  The children were now alone in the hut at night and when the mother found out that the son of the owner of the farm also raped both girls she sent both Bonnie and her sister to YFC for protection.  Bonnie now lives in the Sandra Jones home and her older sister lives out at Samkele.

 

Bonnie has been to the clinic and has checked out to be in good health, she was having night sweats which have now subsided, but unfortunately she is still having behavioral problems.  Bonnie and Adrian are just like brothers and sisters playing and having fun one moment and then fighting the next.


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